Father's Day ~ A.M.

Disclaimer: This is a REALLY LONG post! Lots of pictures!

So it was time to get Father's Day gifts wrapped and cards signed. I really did not have any "man-ly/father-ly" paper around, so I sent Luc to his room to make a box for daddy's present. At first he was alittle upset, he didn't think he would have enough Legos. He thought he had to keep the gift flat. I quickly showed him that we could fold it, and then he realized he would have plenty. Here is the finished project, I mean wrapped present!

This is Daddy and Luc before it was time to open his presents. Luc was really proud of his box!

A little last minute playing while Daddy stepped away from the table.

Daddy really liked the wrapping of his present. He enjoyed taking it apart and seeing how well it was built. Plus, he liked that we wasted no paper!

And guess what his gift was....A Brand New TIE! Luc picked it out all by himself. We were shopping at the local Christian bookstore, and Luc "saw" this and knew Daddy would want it. It has tools all over it! I think Luc is waiting to be old enough to borrow Daddy's new tie!

This is what the box looked like after it was opened.

Not too bad if I do say so myself. If we had something small to wrap, we would be all set!

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Once Luc and Daddy had finished their time, it was Lys's turn. Here Daddy is reading her card, which explains the rather strange facial expression.

This was the card that just kept going,and going...and going!With a card this big, who needs a gift?! Actually we are taking Daddy to buy a new pair of workboots! That man always needs a new pair of those things! At least we always have a gift idea!

Happy Father's Day, T! We love you!

(Even if you aren't happy I posted all these pictures. You probably won't want to read the P.M. part of this post!)

Busy Week

Things here at Handy Family Happenings have been busy, busy, busy! Over the weekend, T finished up the drywall sanding and reinstalled our large bedroom window. He had a deadline to get those things done so painting could begin. Thankfully he was able to get it complete! Thanks T for all your work! Because....

My father-in-law has been here all week painting, painting, painting! On Monday, he primed our new bedroom walls and ceiling. Tuesday he and Luc primed the bathroom and closet, then he started painting the ceiling in the bedroom. Today he has finished the bedroom/closet ceilings and is starting on the walls. It is so exciting to see progress being made and to have someone who is willing to help with all the work! Papa is a great painter and he is an even greater person! (Did I mention he has brought snack for us each day from Holland Farms...yummy! ) Thank you, Papa, for all your hard work! We love and appreciate you!

I have been trying to clean our schoolroom for 3 days. I just can't seem to find the "umph" to want to tackle that project. I have been busy doing other projects, but the schoolroom makes me want to run far, far away. In fact, here I sit, blogging instead of tackling :-) Oh well, it isn't like it is going anywhere!

As soon as I have some pictures of my newly painted new room, I will post them for y'all to see! Hope y'all are having a good Wednesday!

Turtle Soup

Things at our house are always interesting. With not children around, I thought it would be pretty quite. Well, I was wrong :0) Instead of the children providing material to blog about, it is hubby!

In our backyard we have a pond. Nothing to great, in fact it is "a pond in progress"! Of course the backyard critters don't seem to mind. Before we went away, T had noticed a fairly large turtle around the pond. He always caught sight of it while it was headed into the water. Tuesday morning, before he went to work, he walked down to the pond and found the edges all tore up. He also was able to get a good look at the turtle. He then used the handy-dandy Internet to research our new family member. Well, what he found out did not make him happy. Instead of being of the friendly, please feel free to live in/around our pond type turtle, he discovered it was a snapping turtle. A female snapping turtle looking to make a nest and lay up 80 eggs! UGH! Once T found out all this wonderful information, he hot-footed it home to try to catch "Snappy" before she made her nest. He was able to catch her and place her in our recycling bucket. There is a place where he can take our unwanted critters so they can still be in their natural environment.

Please meet Snappy. Not exactly pretty is she, but then, I don't think blue is her color! She was very calm. That is until T turned the water on, and then she snapped her jaw closed quickly a couple of times! Once she realized it was just water, she left her mouth open to drink some of the water. T was able to leave her at her new home and she was not all that excited about it. He said she didn't want to get out of the bucket. Maybe the blue finally grew on her!

T was most happy to not have 80 little snapping turtles to contend with in our backyard.

But wait....

....when he got home the next afternoon, he found another one! She was trying to made her nest as well. The only difference was, she was NOT happy to be placed in the recycling container. T placed her in the bucket in the back of his truck, went into the house to change his clothes and get his things collected for prayer meeting. When he came out, she was out of the bucket and wandering around the back of his truck. He was able to relocate her to a new home as well.

I am really hoping neither one of our snappy mamas laid any of their little ones!

Sunday-A Good Day for a Wedding

As most of you can attest, Sundays are very busy days! Sundays after being away, are even busier for some reason. Well, this past Sunday in addition to church, we were invited to a wedding. When plans fell through for our extended trip to the "city" for conference and graduation, we were able to attend. It was a nice day for a wedding, and here are just a few pictures.The wedding was outside at a country club. The guests lined the 'aisle' and stood around the gazebo for the service. They wanted to be surrounded by their friends and family. The groom and his men.

The bride and grooms' favorite part! ;-)

True happiness!
And for those wondering, good things do come to those who wait. The groom is 50 years old. He mentioned that he could remember his mom singing to him when he was small, and now he is starting a new life a half a century later. God IS Good!